Mexico
I sit and eat my last meal, vegetarian fajitas and a melon smoothie, while the man at the viva mexico table cloth next to mine cheers loudly at the football on the screen. Twenty days and I have barely scratched the surface of this crazy nation. From Mexico DF, massive, bubbling, teeming, with the grandeur […]
from palenque with love
I wonder what will be left of our great cities in years to come, when ours is the ancient. Churches and houses of parliament, galleries and perhaps the foundations of our skyscrapers. Twists of metal and plastic; my mothers’ ornamental plates, broken apart; your iphones, smashed to pieces. What new age hippies of eras to […]
The Singing Housewife and Simone the Little Pig
Things I love about La Ferme du Lama Gourmand: 1. The fact that it is called La Ferme du Lama Gourmand – The Farm of the Gourmet Llama. And, evidently, the llamas. Quite possibly some of the funniest looking animals in the world. They are also very well behaved when it comes to posing for […]
Farewell sweet friend of mine…
We met in 2006. You arrived just when I needed you. Bringing comfort and support, giving me space, complimenting me perfectly. Together we toiled 7 days (and nights) per week at the Edge Theatre where the stars trod the boards 10 minutes apiece in efforts to prove their potential fame and entertain Newtown’s masses. Incognito, […]
Americans Say the Darndest Things
I wrote the following quotes down. These people were crazy. and possibly oil tycoons. A man in his 70s and his two kids (in their 30s). I wasn’t fast enough to note the conversation in which the father denounced global warming as a joke. I had been surreptitiously listening to them and when this started […]
Maeve’s Travel Tips for Various Countries
Czech Republic In Prague, be prepared to be somewhat unconvinced that you are in an actual city and not a European Fairytale Theme Park. Avoid large groups of British men with ‘lads on the lash’ t-shirts and freshly made tattoos. Do NOT avoid the communism museum, amusingly situated behind a MacDonald’s. Please also go to […]
show us ya fjord
I found this quote in Orlando by Virginia Woolf and it seemed like a good place to start… ´Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces. The shade of green Orlando now saw spoilt […]
Reasons that Norwegian Trains are Better than Swedish Trains
On Norwegian trains, the conductors answer your questions. They do not: a) laugh at you b) tell you the train is full and then c) tell you to get on anyway whilst d) suggesting with another Swedish laugh that you sit in the luggage rack. On Norwegian trains one is able to buy a ticket. […]
